Section 54-82d – (Formerly Sec. 54-140). Dismissal of charges on failure to grant prisoner speedy trial

May 11, 2021 | Connecticut, Criminal Procedure

If an action is not assigned for trial within the period of time as provided in section 54-82c, no court of this state shall any longer have jurisdiction thereof, nor shall the untried indictment or information be of any further force or effect, and the court shall enter an order dismissing the same.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 54-82d

(1957, P.A. 551, S. 2; P.A. 80-313, S. 38.)

Annotations to former section 54-140: Period of time construed to run from completion of delivery of both request and supplemental information. 149 Conn. 250. Cited. 171 Conn. 487; 185 Conn. 118. Annotations to present section: Cited. 194 Conn. 297; Id., 510; 197 Conn. 166; 198 Conn. 573. Failure to bring to trial within time limit prescribed by Sec. 54-82c may be waived; statute affects personal jurisdiction not subject matter jurisdiction. 202 Conn. 93. Cited. 221 Conn. 921; 224 Conn. 163. Cited. 12 Conn.App. 1; 14 Conn.App. 244; 20 Conn.App. 205; 26 Conn.App. 698; 28 Conn.App. 195; 29 Conn.App. 694; 40 Conn.App. 757.